Paper 2 · Area, Volume and Measurement
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LCOL Area, Volume and Measurement 3: Triangles, Parallelograms and trapeziums
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- Find the area of a triangle (½ × base × perpendicular height), parallelogram and trapezium
- Pick out the perpendicular height — the straight-down 90° distance, not a slanted side
- Average the two parallel sides first when using the trapezium formula
Formula used
Area of a triangle = ½ × base × perpendicular height
On page 20 of the log tables — read it off, don’t memorise.Most recent exam questions
- 2026 P2 Q1(a)(ii)
- 2023 P2 Q5(c)
- 2020 P2 Q7(c)(i)
- 2016 P2 Q9(d)
- 2015 P1 Q5(b)(ii)
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